"For a century, the Arabs tribes gave Islam the first of these victories. Then the rough mountain peoples of North Africa, the Berbers, helped it to conquer Spain and organize Fatimid Egypt."

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Source : Fernand Braudel (1995). “A History of Civilizations”, Penguin Group USA

Fernand Braudel

#Egypt Quotes #Victory Quotes #Islam Quotes

“Worry is spiritual short sight... Its cure is intelligent faith...”
“I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.”
“In order to be a success in business, there is one thing you must do. You cannot be successful without it. That is WORK. I have not told you anything new. Everyone knows that you cannot be successful in anything without work. Why does not everyone work? Because some lack the one thing that makes men want to work - ENTHUSIASM. That is something no one can give you. You must acquire it yourself, and the only way that you can become enthusiastic about anything is to have a thorough KNOWLEDGE of it. You have never seen an enthusiastic man who was lazy.”
“To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.'”
“I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country.”
“Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.”

Source : Anita Brookner (2012). “Dolly”, p.173, Vintage
“No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.”
“The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm.”

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